Ghyll
, in the dialect of Cumberland and Westmoreland is a short and for the most part a steep narrow valley, with a stream running through it.
Force
is the word universally employed in these dialects for Waterfall.—W. W. 1800.
"Ghyll" was spelt "Gill" in the editions of 1800 to 1805.—Ed.
Compare the Ode, Intimations of Immortality, iv. l. 3 (vol. viii.)—Ed.